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In a clip which has emerged, Irina reportedly asks: "Aren't we supposed to use a different cloth for all the different areas? For instance a yellow cloth for the toilet

According to the translation, another then tells her: "No, just one towel that's it.

"If anyone comes and asks you, you tell them that this is the way you actually do it. You say you're using this for that and this for that and so on."

The Mail Online reports that despite the alleged advice given on the job, Irina was actually told in her training at ISS that she should use different cloths for the toilet, bath and sink.

The documentary, presented by Morland Sanders, alleges that housekeepers are given unrealistic targets for the number of rooms they are expected to clean per shift.

While working undercover, Irina was reportedly told to complete unpaid work to meet room-cleaning targets, which meant her pay was below the national living wage. But Premier Inn say they ensure staff members are paid the national living wage or above.

However she would reportedly have to clean about three rooms an hour, no matter how dirty these were, as well as attend a daily unpaid meeting and sign for a half an hour break, whether she'd actually had it or not. Premier Inn denies setting a target of three rooms per hour.

In reality, with the amount of work Irina undertook, it amounted to less than £5 an hour, according to reports.

She was allegedly told she would not be paid overtime if for example she stayed two hours extra to complete her allocated tasks.

ISS said however that it is not within their policy to ask employees to do extra hours without pay.

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Premier Inn told Mirror Online in an official statement: "The serious allegations in today’s programme concern staff working for ISS, a multi-national company that provides outsourced housekeeping services at a small minority of our hotels.

"As a responsible business we take our commitment to the people who work for us extremely seriously. We were very concerned to hear allegations of poor working practices by ISS at one of our hotels. We are in the process of investigating these allegations and our findings will be addressed directly with ISS.

"We insist all suppliers work to robust standards that fully cover the rights of all team members. We will take whatever action is necessary to resolve any issues and we do not tolerate suppliers who breach employment law or fail to meet the standards that our guests rightly expect.

"At the vast majority of our 780 hotels, we directly employ our housekeeping teams. None of these have been the subject of any allegations in today’s programme.

"We have strict cleaning procedures and training, and the times we allocate to room cleaning have been proven over many years. We do not set a target of three rooms cleaned per hour. We ensure every room is cleaned to the exacting standards expected by our guests. That’s why around 95% of guests give us a 4 or 5 star rating for cleanliness."

The statement continued: "We reject any notion that we put undue pressure on our hard-working, committed teams. We run the business in a balanced way with a primary focus on delighting guests through outstanding service delivered by outstanding teams. As part of this, the majority of a manager’s bonus is dependent on guest and team feedback.

"Our people are our number one priority and the facts bear this out. We are consistently voted one of the UK’s best companies to work for. We ensure that all of our team-members are paid the National Living Wage or above. We offer industry-leading training and development and provide real opportunities for great careers.

"As a result, we have record employee engagement scores, industry-low team turnover and have recently featured in the Sunday Times Best Companies survey."

The statement continued: "We apply the National Living Wage at this site, just like we do at all the other sites, and it is not our policy in any way to ask our employees to work outside their contractual hours without pay.

"Regarding training in cleaning procedures, our training records show that all staff on site have gone through the required training which is conducted on site.

"If there has been an isolated incident, which goes against our procedures, we will take immediate action to remedy it.

"Across our business, all our employees work under strict policies and procedures in line with the applicable laws and regulations as well as high health and safety standards to protect them.